site columns with a different value and display text

Question

is it possible to create a choice site column that has a display value that actual differs from the real value. as an example i want a site column that displays a list of colours but i want the actual values to be in hex.

column display value | Actual column value
White                  #ffffff
Black                  #1a1a18
Dark Grey              #7b7865

Answer 1

Not out of the box. You can possibly do something with Jquery/Javascript that will change the values of the choices on a NewForm.aspx page. I would say that the values can be the hex, and upon a new form, then javascript would be the answer to change those hex values into something readable by end-users. This article might point you to the right direction: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdesigner/archive/2007/06/13/using-javascript-to-manipulate-a-list-form-field.aspx

Another answer would be to create your own webpart that would read the hex values and translate them into a readable text to end-users..